Academic literature on the topic 'Hong Kong – Comic books, strips, etc'

This paper explores the way Hong Kong independent comics encapsulate the essence of the city. Independent comics are distinguished from mainstream comics by their specific mode of production. More significantly they demonstrate an emphasis on subjective personal creativity and craftsmanship, which stands out sharply in the pervasive objective culture in modern society. Adopting an anthropological approach in representing local ways of living, these comics attempt to map an identity of Hong Kong in a way that is free from confusing influences of her postcolonial history, her political subordination to China and the global capitalist forces. The artists of independent comics embrace the essence of local culture by focusing on space and cultural memory and thereby rediscovering the truth and characteristics of life in Hong Kong. As a form of popular cultural text, Hong Kong independent comics package the local identity and history into fashionable goods for cultural consumption. Together with this, the articulation of a shared past creates forces of cohesion that binds the community together and offers a way for the people to negotiate their identity.
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Originating in the late-1970s' Japanese comic and fiction culture, boys' love (BL) has become a transnational genre in which young women create, distribute and appreciate stories of male-male relationships in various media, ranging from fiction, comics, music, video films, radio dramas and cosplays (an abbreviation of costume-play), to computer games. Also known as danmei (we indulge in the beautiful) in Chinese, the genre expanded and blossomed in the late-1990s in mainland China and Hong Kong. Grounded in the two relatively unstudied fields, this thesis presents a systematic analysis of a distinctive (and less understood) Chinese BL phenomenon from an ethnographic perspective. Unlike most existing literature which has been focusing on psychoanalysis of BL participation and how followers in different countries accept Japanese BL genre as passive readers, much of this thesis deals with the growing complexity of the production, regulation, representation, consumption, and circulation of local BL practices in mainland China and Hong Kong. It aims to shed lights on how a transnational culture is constructed and indigenised under local social, economic, cultural and political conditions. I argue that young women in mainland China and Hong Kong turn from a passive readership to become active in local BL production through ways such as appreciating and identifying with BL values, participating in creation of the most convenient amateur cultural forms, establishing local BL economies, and using conditional and responding tactics to survive the hostile political and social circumstance. In a weaker status position and a more hostile social circumstance, Chinese participants have to poach resources from the cultural industry and transform their resistance into everyday tactics more actively than their Hong Kong counterparts.

方敏瑜.
"2006年9月"
論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2006.
參考文獻(leaves 156-163).
"2006 nian 9 yue"
Abstracts in Chinese and English.
Fang Minyu.
Can kao wen xian (leaves 156-163).
Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2006.
Chapter 第一章： --- 緒論 --- p.1
硏究簡介 --- p.1
香港漫畫簡況與日本愛情漫畫分類 --- p.3
硏究意義 --- p.5
論文結構 --- p.6
Chapter 第二章： --- 理論基礎 --- p.8
文獻回顧 --- p.8
硏究問題 --- p.25
硏究方法 --- p.27
Chapter 第三章: --- 社會處境分析 --- p.33
日本與香港漫畫發展 --- p.33
日本文化之跨境傳入 --- p.39
Chapter 第四章： --- 日本愛情漫畫文本分析 --- p.49
故事內容分析
Chapter 1. --- 故事結構 --- p.49
Chapter 2. --- 故事劇情 --- p.55
Chapter 3. --- 心理分析 --- p.61
Chapter 4. --- 結局分析 --- p.63
人物分析 --- p.64
愛情觀分析 --- p.74
Chapter 第五章： --- 漫畫使用及訊息接收 --- p.89
漫畫文本使用 --- p.89
漫畫意識形態的影響與接收 --- p.103
漫畫閱讀與論述角力 --- p.114
Chapter 第六章： --- 個案硏究 --- p.123
傳媒的男男漫畫論述 --- p.124
男男文化的協商「抗衡」 --- p.133
Chapter 第七章： --- 總結 --- p.140
核心發現 --- p.140
反思與討論 --- p.149
限制和展望 --- p.151
附件
表一 受訪者基本資料 --- p.153
表二 漫畫文本基本資料 --- p.155
參考 --- p.156

姚偉雄.
"2002年7月"
論文 (哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2002.
參考文獻 (leaves 419)
附中英文摘要.
"2002 nian 7 yue"
Yao Weixiong.
Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2002.
Can kao wen xian (leaves 419)
Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao.
Chapter 上卷 --- (正文)
導論 --- p.1
Chapter I. --- 批判漫畫批判 --- p.1
Chapter II. --- 《龍虎門》是什麼？ --- p.5
Chapter III --- .尋找香港文化一尋找香港文化結構 --- p.9
Chapter IV --- .如何閱讀〈分析三部曲〉？ --- p.11
文獻回顧 --- p.14
Chapter I. --- 漫畫在學術研究的窘困 --- p.14
Chapter II. --- 重申文本分析：兩種主流文獻之間的空隙 --- p.17
Chapter III. --- 漫畫研究在香港一忽視文本所產生的問題 --- p.22
Chapter IV. --- 由「意識」到「無意識」的新路線 --- p.29
方法論 --- p.39
Chapter 第一節 --- 必須研究流行文化的「無意識」層面 --- p.39
Chapter 第三節 --- 李維史陀與巴特：神話學的「虎鶴雙形拳」 --- p.49
Chapter 第三節 --- 文本符號研究詳述 --- p.66
分析部份 --- p.76
（前傳）
《龍虎門》的世界觀 --- p.76
Chapter I. --- 結構層次上的世界觀 --- p.76
Chapter II. --- 「穩定」的五六十時代世界 --- p.77
Chapter III. --- 黑´ؤ白´ؤ灰：不穩定的六七十時代世界 --- p.78
Chapter IV. --- 動蕩中的「社會觀」：由大染缸中向上流動到「小流氓」起源神話 --- p.80
Chapter V. --- 「江湖觀」´Ø「全球觀」的奇妙邏輯：從獨行俠到群英會的功夫歷險延績 --- p.86
Chapter VI. --- 小結 --- p.93
〈首部曲〉
龍虎群英與香港的文化想像：不在地組織的在地投射 --- p.94
Chapter I. --- 不是小夾縫，而是大夾心：「黑一灰一白」三角形 --- p.96
Chapter II. --- 《小流氓》時期的命名模式一正/邪人物的符號任意性 --- p.100
Chapter III. --- 《龍虎門》時期：由外地建構在地 --- p.109
Chapter IV. --- 小結：Big Mac雙層夾心結構與開放社會 --- p.122
〈二部曲〉
被社會壓抑的尚武思維：漫畫《龍虎門》的技擊符號結構 --- p.125
Chapter I. --- 肉搏.赤膊一獷悍「公仔」的時代意義 --- p.127
Chapter II. --- 武勇歷險的基本圖式 --- p.129
Chapter III. --- 經過深思的拳來腳往：功夫語言系統初探 --- p.135
Chapter IV. --- 象形拳術與理性的平民抗暴 --- p.138
Chapter V. --- 鐵鑽、電鑽、毒龍鑽一科技的異化與拿捏 --- p.141
Chapter VI. --- 小結：由功夫英雄到驟變社會的兩難式 --- p.151
〈二部曲〉附圖集 --- p.154
〈三部曲〉
群雄殉道錄：社會的定型與現代武勇理念式微 --- p.165
Chapter I. --- 八十年代一群雄義勇模式之失落 --- p.167
Chapter II. --- 孤星宿命論令世界觀逆動 --- p.173
Chapter III. --- 小結：電視´Ø電影´Ø漫畫的連環透視 --- p.180
〈三部曲〉附圖集 --- p.189
結論 --- p.194
Chapter I. --- 倒後的瀏覽 --- p.194
Chapter II. --- 從文化「無意識」探出社會新浪潮的「內情」 --- p.196
Chapter III. --- 一種對流行文化的態度 --- p.198
Chapter IV. --- 王小虎，你為何不死？ --- p.201
參考書目 --- p.205
Chapter 下卷 --- (附錄專輯：《龍虎門》故事簡介)
龍虎門故事簡介 --- p.215
形式解說 --- p.216
《小流氓》時期 --- p.218
小流氓的起源 --- p.219
第1至37期：降龍十八腿的傳授 --- p.221
第38至66期：十字追魂棍的發明 --- p.228
第67至73期：李小龍之死 --- p.233
第74至78期：王家恩仇 --- p.236
第79至98期：羅刹教第一役(上） --- p.239
《龍虎門》時期 --- p.247
羅刹教系列(羅刹教第一役(下)） --- p.247
第99至148期：金銀銅鐵四大護法 --- p.248
羅刹教系列(羅刹教第二役） --- p.255
第149至174期：香港大毒梟 --- p.256
第175至203期：五毒門 --- p.261
第204至217期：自創雷電神腿 --- p.270
第218至233期：天下武功出少林 --- p.277
第234至245期：棍妖´Ø瘋妖 --- p.286
第245至261期：新四大護法 --- p.293
第262至279期：右密使黑鷹 --- p.303
第280至304期：左密使白鷲 --- p.314
第305至319期：逍遙派 --- p.329
第320至337期：宇內三痴 --- p.338
白蓮教系列 --- p.346
第475至478期：〈白蓮教終結篇> --- p.347
羅刹教系列(羅刹教第三役） --- p.356
第561至571期：〈羅刹教終結篇〉 --- p.357
通天教系列 --- p.365
第572至590期：〈捕虎擒龍篇〉 --- p.366
第591至600期：〈閻王索命篇〉 --- p.375
第601至615期：〈殲歿閻王篇〉 --- p.378
第616至635期：〈叛變〉 --- p.382
第635至645期：〈虎威〉 --- p.392
第646至655期：〈東山復出〉 --- p.395
第656至665期：〈冤家路窄〉 --- p.399
老祖宗系列 --- p.403
第702至711期：〈死神無敵篇〉 --- p.404
第900至905期：聚龍一擊.神話破滅 --- p.408
第1012至1015期：殺性回歸.身世之謎 --- p.414
參考資料 --- p.419

Yang, Jing.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-135).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.p.1
Chapter Chapter 2: --- Literature Review --- p.p.14
Bodies --- p.p.15
Spaces --- p.p.19
Bodies-Spaces --- p.p.23
"Fantasy, Organization & Gender" --- p.p.28
Chapter Chapter 3: --- Methodology --- p.p.36
Data Collection --- p.p.36
Date Analysis --- p.p.41
Chapter Chapter 4: --- Fantastic Bodies-Spaces
The ACG Fantasy of Maid --- p.p.43
Geographical Location & Imaginary Location --- p.p.46
Inventing Names & Dressing Up --- p.p.50
"Home, Sweet Home" --- p.p.57
Fantastic Bodies-Spaces --- p.p.61
Chapter Chapter 5: --- Organizational Bodies-Spaces
"Maid Date, A Profit-Organization" --- p.p.66
White Maid Date & Black Maid Date --- p.p.67
Redrawing the Boundaries Between Home and Work --- p.p.70
Working as Professionals --- p.p.74
Supervision --- p.p.79
Organizational Bodies-Spaces --- p.p.82
Chapter Chapter 6: --- Gendered Bodies-Spaces
Display of Femininity & Male Gaze --- p.p.87
Butler's Day --- p.p.93
Gendered Bodies-Spaces --- p.p. 100
Chapter Chapter 7: --- Conclusion --- p.p.103
Appendix --- p.p.117
Reference --- p.p.122